Federal Maritime Commission v. South Carolina State Ports Authority

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 2002-05-28

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Justice Breyer, with whom Justice Stevens, Justice Souter, and Justice Ginsburg join, dissenting. The Court holds that a private person cannot bring a complaint against a State to a federal administrative agency where the agency (1) will use an internal adjudicative process to decide if the complaint is well founded, and (2) if so, proceed to court to enforce the law. Where does the Con…

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